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first had the imposition of a no fly zone which was the original aim which was voted through at the u.n. despite some abstentions from key states and that was to ground colonel gadhafi jets and helicopters then we had the u.s. saying that they. held areas and france is going in very aggressively so we have u.s. military generals boasting about their success is there and that is exposing even more splits within the community here in brussels because you had germany abstaining from the voters of other countries india china russia abstaining from that u.n. vote which was for a no fly zone and now we're talking about going into held areas and only now is nato talking about putting humanitarian issues first which was the key a the whole operation for the world community was have turkey which is a very important arab ally with the european and nato community from getting increasingly concerned about what is happening in libya the threats of civilian casualties the bombings that are going on there and so we're really seeing here in the increasing problems over the whole operation just outside
first had the imposition of a no fly zone which was the original aim which was voted through at the u.n. despite some abstentions from key states and that was to ground colonel gadhafi jets and helicopters then we had the u.s. saying that they. held areas and france is going in very aggressively so we have u.s. military generals boasting about their success is there and that is exposing even more splits within the community here in brussels because you had germany abstaining from the voters of...
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as one of the members of the u.n. security council to support a no fly zone in libya and how perhaps it differs from other countries what's going on there say the ivory coast are rain and yemen talk about the difference here. well underway first of all i think that this is deja vu all over i mean i can hardly believe my eyes and ears when i see that they are starting to do again what they did in the balkans that they are threatening now like they've been in close to thirty eight years ago against iraq over alleged weapons of mass destruction that they're not even exist but it did cost one point three million iraqi lives so i think we have to be very careful as to the pursuit decision of the information given by the western mainstream media regarding what is really happening in libya and of course we do not like some of those images but if britain were to fight against the ira or spain against a separatist e.t.a. group and they want to take action would we also correct name later we would be already threatening to inte
as one of the members of the u.n. security council to support a no fly zone in libya and how perhaps it differs from other countries what's going on there say the ivory coast are rain and yemen talk about the difference here. well underway first of all i think that this is deja vu all over i mean i can hardly believe my eyes and ears when i see that they are starting to do again what they did in the balkans that they are threatening now like they've been in close to thirty eight years ago...
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supported but one of the u.n. to take the lead on to now pushing or supporting much more than a no fly zone additional measures additional sanctions that would stop short of boots on the ground now or and very quickly we just saw your report you know supposing the situation in the rhetoric that we've heard with bahrain and libya has the u.n. said anything any whispers armoring there. well there have been statements released on bahrain there have been statements from bonking moon concerned about saudi arabian forces now in the country also statements from the human rights person at the u.n. who has said that they're very concerned about breaking international law concerned about reports of killings concerned about reports that hospitals have been taken over and about the possible human rights violations but beyond words we haven't heard much ok laurent thanks so much for filling us in. this month an eighty six year old man who lives here in d.c. heard banging on his apartment door before he could unlock it a group
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this is the arty news journal from moscow the u.n. security council is to hold a closed door meeting in a few hours time to discuss the situation in libya it was called a request of russia is going to keep your plan as the latest from washington d.c. . the fears are that the coalition forces could be going beyond the u.n. authorized no fly zone measures and russia has called a security council meeting behind closed doors to once again weigh in on the situation and to look at the results of the intervention there are lots of questions on the table as to the limits of the intervention really and now for the coalition forces which is sharm could be the question that everybody is asking here is could the officer target now the pentagon says no in fact the defense secretary robert gates said targeting gadhafi goes beyond you are you guys you should not be here and the u.s. is are meant to stick to the resolution but the thing is that the wording of the resolution basically is all inclusive short of occupation we've heard criticism from the
this is the arty news journal from moscow the u.n. security council is to hold a closed door meeting in a few hours time to discuss the situation in libya it was called a request of russia is going to keep your plan as the latest from washington d.c. . the fears are that the coalition forces could be going beyond the u.n. authorized no fly zone measures and russia has called a security council meeting behind closed doors to once again weigh in on the situation and to look at the results of the...
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proposed by cameron and others and also the international community together with russia supports a u.n. security council unanimous she referred libya and more specifically the international criminal court for an investigation into. the future and rights during this time of crimes against humanity that may have taken place in libya whilst he is seeming to turn the army on his own people the argument being that of course gadhafi and his loyal supporters will presumably think twice about turning the army in and other weapons on its own people if it thinks that the full force of international law will be brought down against it remains to be seen whether this military intervention will in fact take and take place or whether this is just threats to its afy and his supporters and whether in fact these sanctions and this this action by the international court of human rights will be enough. is london correspondent laura well the reports of libya's. air force against its own people spread quickly around the world we also saw those reports but russia's military chief saying to monitoring for pi
proposed by cameron and others and also the international community together with russia supports a u.n. security council unanimous she referred libya and more specifically the international criminal court for an investigation into. the future and rights during this time of crimes against humanity that may have taken place in libya whilst he is seeming to turn the army on his own people the argument being that of course gadhafi and his loyal supporters will presumably think twice about turning...
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also anglo merkel of germany despite germany's abstention of the u.n. vote for a no fly zone she says she does back military intervention now. daniel thanks very much indeed for that live update no doubt more from you there in brussels as they continue to tell you a bushel. when as we heard the pentagon has confirmed the u.s. has launched missile strikes on libya's air defenses speaking from brazil earlier president obama has said it was clear that allied forces had to protect civilians there in libya or not is going to count has the details from washington d.c. . full scale military invasion invention is underway the leaders who got together and players were very resolute about it as they were talking french warplanes were already in the air and then we got some first reports of attacks on could off his ground forces we know that british fighter jets are on standby in cyprus ready to take u.s. warships are in the mediterranean missile strikes from those trips so it's very possible what hillary clinton reiterated after this meeting in paris is that ther
also anglo merkel of germany despite germany's abstention of the u.n. vote for a no fly zone she says she does back military intervention now. daniel thanks very much indeed for that live update no doubt more from you there in brussels as they continue to tell you a bushel. when as we heard the pentagon has confirmed the u.s. has launched missile strikes on libya's air defenses speaking from brazil earlier president obama has said it was clear that allied forces had to protect civilians there...
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i'll tell you of course as you know the u.n. security council resolution thought by the family did the use of. troops no boots on grooms so if we were this person older o'toole notable was written in the un and it would be extremely difficult to get it so i don't think that we will have it in ny i don't think that we need it it's absolutely possible today to make a really effective operation operation targeting does he treat a common control. of the nation in intelligence why do you think the united states france and britain are taking the lead on this especially france was the first speak out about the strike oh i think for france it was a political clearly a political sign a process you know. was criticized for having received. three years ago. before the the first of the republican so one could. also france had some problems and some french minister some problems. with tunisia and egypt two months ago so i think for france it was important politically speaking symbolically speaking it was important for them to be the lead of
i'll tell you of course as you know the u.n. security council resolution thought by the family did the use of. troops no boots on grooms so if we were this person older o'toole notable was written in the un and it would be extremely difficult to get it so i don't think that we will have it in ny i don't think that we need it it's absolutely possible today to make a really effective operation operation targeting does he treat a common control. of the nation in intelligence why do you think the...
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support for a seat for brazil on the u.n. security council and as you know the very powerful foreign minister of brazil celso amorim actually published an op ed this week saying this is a great opportunity for the united states to do that sort of it's time for the security council to become more relevant to today's power dynamics globally and brazil really does deserve a seat it's unclear whether obama will announce that but i think if you look at many of the different policies just take what's happening right now with libya there was a vote on the security council this week and brazil abstained along with many of them urging market countries that's something the u.s. would have liked to have seen support on i think i don't think the united states was happy last year in november when brazil announced that it was going to be recognizing palestine as a state that's something that ruffled a lot of feathers within the foreign policy establishment in congress here in the united states i don't think there was obviously a very big p
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this national security u.n. security council resolution so we own this in part so is so for how long it goes on that we don't know and that's a very troubling question but we're definitely a part of it we haven't played a large role because we were the ones that were first were so cautious when it came to a no fly zone and at the end of the day we ended up saying that it's actually now a no fly zone isn't even enough and now we also have to authorize airstrikes and all unnecessary force forever that's going to mean that the other question i have to ask as you know an american taxpayer is how much is this costing us i think from the last figures each tomahawk cruise missile was almost six hundred thousand dollars apiece and we fired one hundred twenty of them in one day or write a very important point in a time of austerity budgets and a lot of american still in economic distress everyone looking to cut here and there it seems that we always find money for these kinds of military interventions so you know these a
this national security u.n. security council resolution so we own this in part so is so for how long it goes on that we don't know and that's a very troubling question but we're definitely a part of it we haven't played a large role because we were the ones that were first were so cautious when it came to a no fly zone and at the end of the day we ended up saying that it's actually now a no fly zone isn't even enough and now we also have to authorize airstrikes and all unnecessary force forever...
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well russia's foreign minister says the international coalition is acting outside the limits of the u.n. resolution on libya is also demanding independent verification into reports of civilian casualties in the foreign forces assault on syria has the details. from the very start russia has been a reluctant participant in know what is going on in libya at the moment what worries the foreign minister right now in this statement he says that it appears that coalition forces are taking sides and his worries come amid a nato statement saying that they will stick to the books and do what is stipulated there no more no less well let's look at the u.n. resolution it says there that it authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians will their words all necessary measures could be open to interpretation but protecting civilians is definitely stated there as the goal and so what worries the a russian government is that the offensive is going beyond just protecting civilians that coalition forces taking sides is clearly not stipulated well let's hear more from the foreign minister sergei la
well russia's foreign minister says the international coalition is acting outside the limits of the u.n. resolution on libya is also demanding independent verification into reports of civilian casualties in the foreign forces assault on syria has the details. from the very start russia has been a reluctant participant in know what is going on in libya at the moment what worries the foreign minister right now in this statement he says that it appears that coalition forces are taking sides and...
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supply foreign policy in libya and calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution aimed. at america's says its role in the military intervention in libya will be limited but that's not stop comparisons to the lead up to the iraq war in two thousand and three. the majority of americans to the polls the polls show the majority of americans oppose the u.s. involvement in the intervention for more on this joining guy nation so again in just a few minutes. six pm in moscow good to have you with us here on our team treasure the arab league has criticized international strikes in targets in libya following reports of dozens of civilian deaths your organization was seen as key to gaining international support for the u.n. back no fly zone america says u.s. and allied forces have now halted an offensive by colonel moammar gadhafi forces against rebels in benghazi but fighting is still reported elsewhere or he's powerless. as the latest from the capital tripoli. we are hearing reports of new airstrikes that are being carried out on the ground we're also hearing r
supply foreign policy in libya and calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution aimed. at america's says its role in the military intervention in libya will be limited but that's not stop comparisons to the lead up to the iraq war in two thousand and three. the majority of americans to the polls the polls show the majority of americans oppose the u.s. involvement in the intervention for more on this joining guy nation so again in just a few minutes. six pm in...
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she vowed the united states will back u.n. actions but not with ground troops. >> now, america has unique capabilities, and we will bring them to bear to help our european and canadian allies and arab partners, to stop further violence against civilians. >> reporter: meanwhile, back in washington, a group of demonstrators protested any involvement of american troops who still have a footprint in two war zones. brian moore, nbc news, washington. >> today there are new concerns in japan's nuclear crisis. firefighters continue to spray water on the damaged nuclear power plant in fukushima, but now japanese leaders say harmful radiation levels have been defected in food and water near the plant. nbc's robert bazell has the latest from tokyo. >> reporter: there's two pieces of important news today concerning the crippled nuclear reactors north of here. there's electricity at two of them. they'll try to get the pumps working. others, diesel-powered generators do have the coolant falling. and the big fire trucks we've been seeing so
she vowed the united states will back u.n. actions but not with ground troops. >> now, america has unique capabilities, and we will bring them to bear to help our european and canadian allies and arab partners, to stop further violence against civilians. >> reporter: meanwhile, back in washington, a group of demonstrators protested any involvement of american troops who still have a footprint in two war zones. brian moore, nbc news, washington. >> today there are new concerns...
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., give -- itu or the u.n., give them some alternatives to work with. >> host: but when we hear with buzz, they before business, they ask for certainty. there's rules here in the u.s., the e.u., china, iran -- >> guest: ercertainly pure randomness on the part of government behavior is a deterrent to investment like almost anything is. but there's nothing that's certain, and we change things all the time. i think the notion that, you know, setting forth a framework, there are different sorts of things that could be changed. for example, the net neutrality principles that were espoused by colin powell, at the time i didn't think that made a whole lot of sense, and i didn't think that actually they had a lot of teeth, so i wasn't in favor of them. roll forward a number of years, and you find those principles, everybody agrees with. nobody's come out and said, basically, people shouldn't have an access to used content that is legal, they shouldn't be able to attach devices that wouldn't hurt the thing, and they shouldn't have choice. those basic principles, everybody sort of accepted. th
., give -- itu or the u.n., give them some alternatives to work with. >> host: but when we hear with buzz, they before business, they ask for certainty. there's rules here in the u.s., the e.u., china, iran -- >> guest: ercertainly pure randomness on the part of government behavior is a deterrent to investment like almost anything is. but there's nothing that's certain, and we change things all the time. i think the notion that, you know, setting forth a framework, there are...
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what the u.n. security council resolution says it permits the use of the no fly zone to protect civilians against to get out resources and the government in front of it seems and also behind the scenes is arguing that it. could be construed as the threats to the civilian population and therefore it would be illegal and within the terms of the u.n. security council resolution to endeavor to target him on the other side we've got the army and the chief of the defense staff who when asked if he thought it was permitted under the terms of the resolution to target the personally he unequivocally says absolutely not and said he didn't want to discuss it any further now we are seeing in this international division as well senior people in washington also say that direct strikes against the would not be permitted under the terms of the security council resolution now why is this so important well of course it belies confusion within the ranks as far as this no fly zone and this military intervention is con
what the u.n. security council resolution says it permits the use of the no fly zone to protect civilians against to get out resources and the government in front of it seems and also behind the scenes is arguing that it. could be construed as the threats to the civilian population and therefore it would be illegal and within the terms of the u.n. security council resolution to endeavor to target him on the other side we've got the army and the chief of the defense staff who when asked if he...
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force by foreign powers in libya and calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. they want american says its role in the we're trying to venture will be limited but that's not stop comparisons to the beginning of the two thousand and three iraq invasion. polls show the majority of americans oppose the u.s. involvement in the intervention for more on this joining by nature take out in just a few minutes. this is r.t. it's now nine pm sunday night here in moscow my name is kevin owen and the top story the arab league criticize international strikes against targets in libya following reports of dozens of civilian deaths the organization was key to gaining international support for the u.n. but no fly zone but now says the military actions gone too far america's is us now large forces have now to hold certain offensive by colonel gadhafi forces against rebels in benghazi but fighting still being reported elsewhere tonight paul asli has the latest from the capital tripoli. we are hearing reports of new airstrikes that are being carried out on the ground we
force by foreign powers in libya and calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. they want american says its role in the we're trying to venture will be limited but that's not stop comparisons to the beginning of the two thousand and three iraq invasion. polls show the majority of americans oppose the u.s. involvement in the intervention for more on this joining by nature take out in just a few minutes. this is r.t. it's now nine pm sunday night here in...
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have germany abstaining from the vote all the other countries india china russia abstaining from that u.n. vote which was for a no fly zone and now we're talking about going into held areas only now is nato talking about putting communitarian issues first which was the key of the whole operation for the world community and as a result we now have the arab league which is a key voice in the region expressing increasing concerns we have turkey which is a very important ally with the european and nato community gets increasingly concerned about what is happening in libya the threats of civilian casualties the bombings that are going on there and so we're really seeing here in the increasing problems over the whole operation. has there been any show of hands as it were for europe's citizens on this. yes just outside this building there was nancy war demonstration yesterday the first signs of public rift within the european community were expecting over this week today in various parts of europe in london were expecting this week various ministrations if this war there were prove intervention
have germany abstaining from the vote all the other countries india china russia abstaining from that u.n. vote which was for a no fly zone and now we're talking about going into held areas only now is nato talking about putting communitarian issues first which was the key of the whole operation for the world community and as a result we now have the arab league which is a key voice in the region expressing increasing concerns we have turkey which is a very important ally with the european and...
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president after says that the u.n. back to military intervention is a direct consequence of the violence carried out by libya's leader moammar gadhafi against his own people but he did criticize the strikes saying the no fly zone should be used only to protect civilians and to restore peace. just that everything that's happening in libya is a result of the shameful behavior of its government and the crimes against their own people we shouldn't forget that everything else is just a consequence of that we supported one of the un security council resolutions and allowed the other resolution to go through this was done consciously to prevent the escalation of violence but still the events that followed show that any decisions of this kind should be accompanied by thorough consultation as well as remembering that the use of force should be proportionate to what is happening the fact that as a result of these actions of indian targets were damaged and according to unconfirmed reports that innocent people have died shows that
president after says that the u.n. back to military intervention is a direct consequence of the violence carried out by libya's leader moammar gadhafi against his own people but he did criticize the strikes saying the no fly zone should be used only to protect civilians and to restore peace. just that everything that's happening in libya is a result of the shameful behavior of its government and the crimes against their own people we shouldn't forget that everything else is just a consequence...
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as one of the members of the u.n. security council to support a no fly zone in libya and perhaps why it's a first on the reaction to what's going on elsewhere like they in ivory coast or bahrain or yemen. well over her say i think we have to understand that this is not really a no fly zone a no fly zone in fact implies a bombing campaign and good credible reactions are ongoing i think the timing of this operation is stage we can't really make any clear statements although we have we have the statements made by by france and britain so that event that i think well should be understood first of all that this intervention even though it is adopted on the. you were you aware of the auspices is interrogation of international law and you can't simply go into a country and started bugging the other place color pretext that you're coming to the rescue of civilians and since when has president obama come to the rescue of civilians he's bombing a lot of parker start with the drone attacks he's killing people in iraq. and those
as one of the members of the u.n. security council to support a no fly zone in libya and perhaps why it's a first on the reaction to what's going on elsewhere like they in ivory coast or bahrain or yemen. well over her say i think we have to understand that this is not really a no fly zone a no fly zone in fact implies a bombing campaign and good credible reactions are ongoing i think the timing of this operation is stage we can't really make any clear statements although we have we have the...
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our u.n. correspond cent in new york for us. >> the security council talked about a no fly zone but only generally as part of a broader talk. the emphasis is very much on contingency planning so we can move quickly if the need arise. we have to see if the increase in fighting and the government bombardment will have any impact on views here. at the moment we can expect opposition if the resolution gets to the security council. on the one hand you have countries opposed to any military intervention and the russians made themselves quite clear. on the other hand you know countries that are aware of backing one side of a civil war that could look like they are supporting regime change. there are african states that are quite weary about that. and even those countries that have been most aggressive about exploring the options of a no fly zone, such as britain and france and to a lesser degree, united states , are cautious. strong support from the region. i think probably we are likely to see the s
our u.n. correspond cent in new york for us. >> the security council talked about a no fly zone but only generally as part of a broader talk. the emphasis is very much on contingency planning so we can move quickly if the need arise. we have to see if the increase in fighting and the government bombardment will have any impact on views here. at the moment we can expect opposition if the resolution gets to the security council. on the one hand you have countries opposed to any military...
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first of all more supported the u.n. resolution and the establishment of a no fly zone over libya would have since raised concerns saying that when they lend their support to the resolution it was with the with the use of preserving civilian lives in libya instead of the subjecting the civilians on the ground to even more danger of course now that that has happened they are very concerned with the coalition bombings that are taking place we know that an emergency meeting of the arab league of member states is scheduled for that question is also going to be discussed others are a point of view shared by many of course in north africa and around the world rushing fluted that the presence of coalition forces in libya could not only prevent civilian casualties or somehow stab eliza just to asia but actually worsen the situation not only in libya was in the other african region as a whole but the u.s. as the forefront of the strikes on libya deploy some of its heaviest far apart against gadhafi regime that's despite washingto
first of all more supported the u.n. resolution and the establishment of a no fly zone over libya would have since raised concerns saying that when they lend their support to the resolution it was with the with the use of preserving civilian lives in libya instead of the subjecting the civilians on the ground to even more danger of course now that that has happened they are very concerned with the coalition bombings that are taking place we know that an emergency meeting of the arab league of...
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resolution though see this is what i'm getting is not the u.n. yeah but you were of the resolution is pretty vague and leaves it leaves it up to interpretation as to what exactly we are empowered to do with our allies and i can tell you this you heard from our attorney general today in washington eric holder you've heard for president several times that this guy must go and ok but is it or that is their business ok whose business is it to get rid of gadhafi sam if i can go to you here because this is you know going from the right to protect to regime change in the course of a few hours it looks like. well that's what i've always suspected i think the united states and britain's own problems is to control libya and libyan oil remember that throughout the middle east there are enormous up evils and generally these up evils are calling for democracy freedom and crucially for independence and democracy and independence goes contrary to u.s. interests in the region getting a controlling the region getting the cheap oil supporting israel and so on are
resolution though see this is what i'm getting is not the u.n. yeah but you were of the resolution is pretty vague and leaves it leaves it up to interpretation as to what exactly we are empowered to do with our allies and i can tell you this you heard from our attorney general today in washington eric holder you've heard for president several times that this guy must go and ok but is it or that is their business ok whose business is it to get rid of gadhafi sam if i can go to you here because...
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it in fact another of the the aims of this meeting is to to reiterate a commitment to enforce this u.n. resolution one nine hundred seventy three and the resolution of course allows the creation of a no fly zone and it also mandated the protection of civilians head of this military intervention in libya but head of the meeting in the u.k. and france issued a joint statement which appears to advocate regime change in libya in no uncertain terms is included the word exactly must go immediately and calling and called a little his followers to leave him before it's too late and i quote of course in that in that u.n. resolution which allowed the intervention in libya that there doesn't appear to be any mandate for regime change so what might happen in london here is that the arab league certainly might have something to say about that. they are now going to be quite fearful of western powers coming in and forcing a change of regime in libya russia has also criticized the military action that the allies the coalition is perpetrating foreign minister lavrov says that the action definitely goe
it in fact another of the the aims of this meeting is to to reiterate a commitment to enforce this u.n. resolution one nine hundred seventy three and the resolution of course allows the creation of a no fly zone and it also mandated the protection of civilians head of this military intervention in libya but head of the meeting in the u.k. and france issued a joint statement which appears to advocate regime change in libya in no uncertain terms is included the word exactly must go immediately...
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because nato's already said we will need a u.n. security council resolution. well, u.n. security council is not going to pass that resolution. china and russia don't believe in this kind of interference in internal affairs. it makes them very nervous. that means obama would have to lead a sort of small coalition of the willing unilaterally. when you're stretched thin in afghanistan and iraq and your own secretary of defense said this week that it would have to be out of our minds to start another war in the middle east in a largely muslim country, it does draw awe picture that says all of our interests commensurate with that is getting involved in a civil war because, again, this is not massacre of just peaceful protesters. there's a rebel movement now that captured weapons. we would be putting ourselves in the middle of the civil war. >> everybody agrees boots on the ground, total nonstart. >> lutely not. gwen: what you hear john mccain and john kerry, who don't agree on much, actually both criticizing our seeming to criticize secretary gates about his hesitation on thi
because nato's already said we will need a u.n. security council resolution. well, u.n. security council is not going to pass that resolution. china and russia don't believe in this kind of interference in internal affairs. it makes them very nervous. that means obama would have to lead a sort of small coalition of the willing unilaterally. when you're stretched thin in afghanistan and iraq and your own secretary of defense said this week that it would have to be out of our minds to start...
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out the use of force meanwhile the international storm is gathering over the libyan leader with the u.n. suspending that country from its human rights council archies more of a trip or song whether a key nato members are ready for a new war. we do not in any way the use of military assets we must not tolerate this regime using military force against its own people is this history repeating itself the british government getting the guns on standby as a country crumbles to impose a no fly zone in this case libya in two thousand and three it was iraq it's looking very dangerous it's looking quite possible that they will launch such an attack with or without un approval and so we're looking at almost a repeat of what happened in iraq and in the results suspect to be largely the same but we also had three countries getting that treatment and libya is not the only african nation in turmoil somalia's drawn out conflict has been called genocide but there's little sign of the u.s. or european military inputs and it's a similar story on the other side of the continent there are events unfolding r
out the use of force meanwhile the international storm is gathering over the libyan leader with the u.n. suspending that country from its human rights council archies more of a trip or song whether a key nato members are ready for a new war. we do not in any way the use of military assets we must not tolerate this regime using military force against its own people is this history repeating itself the british government getting the guns on standby as a country crumbles to impose a no fly zone in...
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in an interview with a french newspaper today, moammar qaddafi is calling for a u.n. commission to investigate the unrest in libya. he pledges his government's full cooperation. senator kerry, i trust you'll want to see some evidence of that before you take that to the bank. >> more than that. moammar qaddafi has lost all legitimacy. the only thing he's fighting for is his and his family's ability to continue to rule. there's no principle. there's no governance principle. there's no democracy. there's no reform. there's nothing else on the table. and the only way that he can stay is by violently taking on the people of his country. that will not be sustained. so i believe that he's cornered. but he obviously remains lethal. yes, there's something of a stand-off. that's the way it could be for some period of time, but i think that too will change. there are a lot of tools still at the disposal of the international community. the opposition is really only collecting itself, beginning to shape, define itself in terms of who is playing what role, organize itself. so i bel
in an interview with a french newspaper today, moammar qaddafi is calling for a u.n. commission to investigate the unrest in libya. he pledges his government's full cooperation. senator kerry, i trust you'll want to see some evidence of that before you take that to the bank. >> more than that. moammar qaddafi has lost all legitimacy. the only thing he's fighting for is his and his family's ability to continue to rule. there's no principle. there's no governance principle. there's no...
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u.n. security council resolution that would establish a no-fly zone over libya and task international air forces with preventing libyan jets from attacking rebels. it's a step that some of the rebel forces there have requested. and today foreign ministers from persian gulf nations said a no-fly zone should be imposed. but the obama administration and its military advisors have so far resisted that request. and in treaties from members of congress for intervention. nevertheless earlier today the president said there were ongoing talks over an armd response. >> we've got nato, as we speak, consulting in brussels around a wide range of potential options. including potential military options. in response to the vileen... violence that continues to take place inside of libya. >> woodruff: defense secretary robert gates who has warned against a third u.s. intervention in a muslim nation has publicly said imposing a no fly zone amounts to an act of war. gates was asked today during an an unannoun
u.n. security council resolution that would establish a no-fly zone over libya and task international air forces with preventing libyan jets from attacking rebels. it's a step that some of the rebel forces there have requested. and today foreign ministers from persian gulf nations said a no-fly zone should be imposed. but the obama administration and its military advisors have so far resisted that request. and in treaties from members of congress for intervention. nevertheless earlier today the...
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so we have breaking news from the united nations the u.n. security council has approved a no fly zone over libya and extra measures to protect civilians we'll give you more on that top of the seven hundred seven o'clock hour with the news. ok it's time for showing to tell on tonight's program last time we told you about p.j. crowley stepping down over comments he made about the treatment of bradley manning and we asked you at home if you thought the crawlies firing that the president obama had taken ownership of manning's treatment all that quantico and here's what some of you had to say and i got to say it was not very kind to the president raj response i grew up learning that a man is innocent until proven guilty but with mr mannix treatment it seems as if he's guilty until he's proven innocent his treatment is that of a convicted terrorist shame on the obama administration doug kaiser replies it appears that president obama is trying to get alignment behind him by firing all those who are speaking out against it that's one way to do it ma
so we have breaking news from the united nations the u.n. security council has approved a no fly zone over libya and extra measures to protect civilians we'll give you more on that top of the seven hundred seven o'clock hour with the news. ok it's time for showing to tell on tonight's program last time we told you about p.j. crowley stepping down over comments he made about the treatment of bradley manning and we asked you at home if you thought the crawlies firing that the president obama had...
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and france have to be drafting a u.n. resolution to impose a no fly zone but that a house together backing of the fifteen members of the security council artie's laura and explains what the move would mean. well a no fly zone is very much what it says on the tenets and which planes are allowed to fly essentially and what it would mean is that it would give allied planes the right to shoot down anything that took off inside libya we do know. and france is said to be drafting a u.n. resolution for a no fly zone william hague the foreign secretary here says that he's working closely with his partners on what he's calling a contingency basis on elements of a resolution for a no fly zone and we've heard from a foreign office source that it's only going to be used in the case if it's needed but no decision has been taken yet to present it to the security council we also heard more recently that nato has boosted airplane surveillance over libya to twenty four hours a day seven days a week and rather common asli they have said th
and france have to be drafting a u.n. resolution to impose a no fly zone but that a house together backing of the fifteen members of the security council artie's laura and explains what the move would mean. well a no fly zone is very much what it says on the tenets and which planes are allowed to fly essentially and what it would mean is that it would give allied planes the right to shoot down anything that took off inside libya we do know. and france is said to be drafting a u.n. resolution...
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she vowed the united states will back u.n. actions, but not with ground troops. >> now, america has unique capabilities, and we will bring them to bear to help our european and canadian allies and air partners stop further violence against civilians. >> reporter: meanwhile, back in washington, a group of demonstrators protested any involvement of american troops, who still have a footprint in two war zones. brian moore, nbc news, washington. >>> next, at 11:00, getting prepared for the inevitable. people are stocking up on supplies. why some of their items have even store owners surprised. >>> and the rain did not stop these protesters from taking to the streets in san francisco to mark a somber anniversary. >>> it's been raining pretty good all evening long. now lightning detection picking up strikes just offwe t'll yell wou s'll tell you what's ahead coming your way in just a few minutes. [ jerry ] look at this! you got a state-of-the-art man-cave, but the savings account of a cave-man! hey sports fans check this out. [ beep
she vowed the united states will back u.n. actions, but not with ground troops. >> now, america has unique capabilities, and we will bring them to bear to help our european and canadian allies and air partners stop further violence against civilians. >> reporter: meanwhile, back in washington, a group of demonstrators protested any involvement of american troops, who still have a footprint in two war zones. brian moore, nbc news, washington. >>> next, at 11:00, getting...
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the u.n.'s nuclear watch dog says efforts made by japan to cool reactor it's and fuel rods at the fukushima power plant have stabilized the situation but warning it could deteriorate. engineers have worked through the night to install a power line for water pumps needed to cool two reactors and a storage site for spent nuclear fuel rods. helicopters have also been dumping water on overheating reactors to stave off a meltdown. fire trucks have also joined in the effort. >> japan has been pinning a lot of its hopes on these trucks. they can get within 80 meters of the reactor. the trucks have repeatedly doused the pool with water as shown in this graphic from japanese tv. authorities were guarded about the operation's success. some reports say radiation levels have risen since it began. an airborne aspect was part of the plan. military helicopters dumped water on the facility, but worries about nuclear exposure forced the choppers to be 09 meters above the plant t to mak efforts less accurate. sm
the u.n.'s nuclear watch dog says efforts made by japan to cool reactor it's and fuel rods at the fukushima power plant have stabilized the situation but warning it could deteriorate. engineers have worked through the night to install a power line for water pumps needed to cool two reactors and a storage site for spent nuclear fuel rods. helicopters have also been dumping water on overheating reactors to stave off a meltdown. fire trucks have also joined in the effort. >> japan has been...
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said he said that this is immoral it's illegal and it is an action that is not all the wise about the u.n. security council he says that the coalition forces say that they are could take civilians but actually they push in the country to have civil war nature today is expected to take command of the no fly zone they're also meeting to discuss whether or not they will take control of. the whole operation this is being called the no child plants and we're hearing from officials that they are likely to get a lot to this that we're hearing from the united states as they were just a few more steps in the planning and after their control and command of the whole mission for the eve of hands of major members a sticking point in this is the point that it was in selves all focused on is just what kind of rope. line since the way in terms of protecting civilians on the ground if you have a somalia for example that gadhafi forces are out in the desert where there are no civilians and they taking a stand when they taking a stand there just what kind of vote will nato play in that particular scenario
said he said that this is immoral it's illegal and it is an action that is not all the wise about the u.n. security council he says that the coalition forces say that they are could take civilians but actually they push in the country to have civil war nature today is expected to take command of the no fly zone they're also meeting to discuss whether or not they will take control of. the whole operation this is being called the no child plants and we're hearing from officials that they are...
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susan rice, the charismatic, impressive u.n. ambassador, said the same thing, and hillary did -- >> thatt is the other rap, that the women -- >> let's not go there. the women outmuscled the generals on this thing -- i don't believe that. >> the gender is irrelevant, but it was powow and hillary and susan rice -- >> and john mccain and senator kerry, who also said -- >> mccain did not sway obama, i can assure you of that. >> i think hearing it from that side probably had an impact on his thinking. >> i have a serious thing to say here. >> all, i'm sorry. >> i do think the specter of rwanda and people who lived through it did hang over this decision. the prospect of hundreds of thousands of people being killed, blood literally running in the streets, was something that -- nobody wanted to stand by the way bill clinton's administration stood by and came to regret it. >> the health-care law passed a year ago this week. a progress report. >> after a century of striving, a year of debate, a historic vote, health care reform is no long
susan rice, the charismatic, impressive u.n. ambassador, said the same thing, and hillary did -- >> thatt is the other rap, that the women -- >> let's not go there. the women outmuscled the generals on this thing -- i don't believe that. >> the gender is irrelevant, but it was powow and hillary and susan rice -- >> and john mccain and senator kerry, who also said -- >> mccain did not sway obama, i can assure you of that. >> i think hearing it from that side...
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the u.n., susan rice. >> brown: then, we get the latest on the radiation containment efforts in japan as the government there raises the alert level. >> suarez: plus jeffrey kaye, in beijing, has chinese reaction to the japanese nuclear crisis. >> the nation is in the process of building 37 new nuclear pourpts, and is now reexamining safety. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks provide their weekly analysis. >> suarez: and fred de sam lazaro gets a rare look inside syria, where the government is just beginning to be challenged by protesters. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, listen. somebody has got to get serious. >> i think... >> we need renewable energy. >> ...renewable energy is vital to our planet. >> you hear about alternatives, right? wind, solar, algae. >> i think it's going to work an a big scale. only, i think it's going to be affordable. >> so, where are they? >> it has to work in the real world. at
the u.n., susan rice. >> brown: then, we get the latest on the radiation containment efforts in japan as the government there raises the alert level. >> suarez: plus jeffrey kaye, in beijing, has chinese reaction to the japanese nuclear crisis. >> the nation is in the process of building 37 new nuclear pourpts, and is now reexamining safety. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks provide their weekly analysis. >> suarez: and fred de sam lazaro gets a rare look...
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like foreign policy in libya and pull civil military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. meanwhile america says its role of a military intervention will be limited but that's not stark comparison to the beginning of the two thousand and three iraqi invasion. paul strode the majority of americans oppose the u.s. involvement beneath eventually for more on this join me danny checkdown from washington in just a few minutes. very good evening from moscow you're watching reality news channel it's ten pm here now my name is kevin and the top story the arab league criticized international strikes against targets in libya following reports of dozens of civilian deaths the organization was key to gaining international support for the u.n. back no fly zone but now says the military actions gone too far america says u.s. and allied forces of no halted an offensive by colonel gadhafi forces against rebels in benghazi but fighting is still being reported elsewhere tonight paula has the latest from the capital tripoli. we are hearing reports of new airstrikes that are being
like foreign policy in libya and pull civil military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. meanwhile america says its role of a military intervention will be limited but that's not stark comparison to the beginning of the two thousand and three iraqi invasion. paul strode the majority of americans oppose the u.s. involvement beneath eventually for more on this join me danny checkdown from washington in just a few minutes. very good evening from moscow you're watching...
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and france drafting a no fly zone resolution for the u.n. and amid this came some embarrassing off the record remarks from u.s. officials that is going to go on as more. defense secretary robert gates landed in afghanistan through translator the top u.s. commander general david petraeus who greeted mr gates at the airport joking quote welcome back sir flying a little bigger plane than normal you're going to log some attacks on leave you or something and of quote the u.s. defense secretary responded to the comment by laughing and said quote yeah exactly well apparently the two gentlemen were unaware of the open microphone the world is now guessing whether that was just a joke or there was a kernel of truth a lot of people thought that was a highly inappropriate joke mind you this comes from america's top military man although the official position of the u.s. is in order to decide on the military intervention be the support of the international community do you want to nato are now you weighing in on the possibility of declaring a no fly zone
and france drafting a no fly zone resolution for the u.n. and amid this came some embarrassing off the record remarks from u.s. officials that is going to go on as more. defense secretary robert gates landed in afghanistan through translator the top u.s. commander general david petraeus who greeted mr gates at the airport joking quote welcome back sir flying a little bigger plane than normal you're going to log some attacks on leave you or something and of quote the u.s. defense secretary...
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death of him as it was is this is going to be a but the reason assad says oh i think so yesterday the u.n. security council approved a resolution to enact a no fly zone over libya moammar gadhafi has already crushed rebel forces and despite claims of a ceasefire islands continues in that nation today president obama said this is a ceasefire must be implemented immediately that means all attacks against civilians must stop gadhafi must stop his troops from advancing on benghazi pull them back from bia this rough and zawiya and establish water electricity and gas supplies to all areas humanitarian assistance must be allowed to reach the people of libya or be clear these terms are not negotiable. these terms are not subject to negotiation if gadhafi does not comply with the resolution the international community will impose consequence and resolution will be enforced through military action so should we be in libya and if so or not how or why. i've some reservations about you know the resolution that was passed but i don't think i i think i'm going to stand behind the president while he's se
death of him as it was is this is going to be a but the reason assad says oh i think so yesterday the u.n. security council approved a resolution to enact a no fly zone over libya moammar gadhafi has already crushed rebel forces and despite claims of a ceasefire islands continues in that nation today president obama said this is a ceasefire must be implemented immediately that means all attacks against civilians must stop gadhafi must stop his troops from advancing on benghazi pull them back...
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coming through all of the european nations on this operation germany were actually abstained from the u.n. vote on imposing a no fly zone over libya an airspace which would ground colonel gadhafi is jets and helicopters angela merkel the chancellor of germany it seems was then pulled into line at the paris summit yesterday and she came out and said that she tells back the operation even though her country abstained and there's known to be a lot of public dissent in germany about that and here in belgium actually yesterday i saw the first and she was the administration just outside the where i am at the moment so public opposition is building and of course there are fears that this could turn into another iraq the west say that they're going to be very sort of precise and very quick about it but that was expected to be the case in iraq as well so there are growing concerns about that as well. president barack obama is promising not to deploy u.s. ground forces in libya unless it's absolutely necessary he said america's role would be limited as part of the international effort to protect li
coming through all of the european nations on this operation germany were actually abstained from the u.n. vote on imposing a no fly zone over libya an airspace which would ground colonel gadhafi is jets and helicopters angela merkel the chancellor of germany it seems was then pulled into line at the paris summit yesterday and she came out and said that she tells back the operation even though her country abstained and there's known to be a lot of public dissent in germany about that and here...
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of course could not avoid the subject of libya russia once again reiterating its position that the u.n. resolution one thousand nine hundred eighty three was basically enforced in order to ensure a no fly zone that would in fact it in turn to guarantee civilians on the ground in libya some sort of security and safety that has not been the case so far according to russian politicians and russian officials and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates seemed to agree with that statement saying that the military. incursion into libya and the military presence in libya will have to be significantly decreased and that libyans and only libyans have the power and the whites to decide the fate of their own country for sure president that he didn't actually took the problem even further in the conflict in libya according to him has not only affected that country but also the north african region and also could in fact in danger of the peace process side negotiations that concern in the middle east that of course was said during a meeting between the russian president leader of the palestinian nati
of course could not avoid the subject of libya russia once again reiterating its position that the u.n. resolution one thousand nine hundred eighty three was basically enforced in order to ensure a no fly zone that would in fact it in turn to guarantee civilians on the ground in libya some sort of security and safety that has not been the case so far according to russian politicians and russian officials and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates seemed to agree with that statement saying that...
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resolution was put forward now the problem with the u.n. getting a u.n. resolution is that both russia and china of the imminently opposed to any kind of outside interference in libya they've said time and time again both the russians and the chinese that no outside government outside army force should be involved in the country well we are also hearing that there are worries that colonel gadhafi may have stockpiles of chemical weapons now in the mid two thousand literally two thousand he signed a treaty to say he would stop producing chemical weapons however it's unknown whether he has any kind of stockpiles now hearing this come out actually echoes the buildup to the iraq war where of course questions of mass destruction and chemical weapons one of the main causes for fighting starting with their well there are those that suggest that if nato forces or any. other outside forces do take action in libya and this could be very damaging to the relationship between the arab world and the west a moment that this is very very ugly the return of you military im
resolution was put forward now the problem with the u.n. getting a u.n. resolution is that both russia and china of the imminently opposed to any kind of outside interference in libya they've said time and time again both the russians and the chinese that no outside government outside army force should be involved in the country well we are also hearing that there are worries that colonel gadhafi may have stockpiles of chemical weapons now in the mid two thousand literally two thousand he...
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he got the u.n. security council which does not move like a s.w.a.t. team normally and he got the russians and chinese to abstain. he got the cease-fire out of qaddafi. but there's a downside. three-quarters of the american public thinks this is a problem that should be left to someone else. it's not clear what happens next after bombing the tanks. and the last two no-fly zones we had in bosnia, three years, in iraq, 12 years. we always managed this would be done by easter. when it comes to no-fly zones, it takes longer. chris: but the language of the resolution is by all means necessary to protect civilians. was the president wrong initially to say, qaddafi must go, getting so far ahead of everybody? >> i don't think so it's wrong for a president of the united states to issue an opinion about a mad man like qaddafi. i do think that the american public might have been consulted before the united states goes to war. i mean, you know, the president tells people after the fact? you know, we go into a middle eastern country, we don't know the consequences.
he got the u.n. security council which does not move like a s.w.a.t. team normally and he got the russians and chinese to abstain. he got the cease-fire out of qaddafi. but there's a downside. three-quarters of the american public thinks this is a problem that should be left to someone else. it's not clear what happens next after bombing the tanks. and the last two no-fly zones we had in bosnia, three years, in iraq, 12 years. we always managed this would be done by easter. when it comes to...
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more activists say the u.n. resolution that sanction the attack on the it was riddled with contradictions jim brann told r.t. that washington's policy now is in disarray. you mean by protecting civilians. presumably it means protecting civilians from both sides because there are clear. suggestions of. of atrocities on both sides it's certainly not a one sided thing. but of course i think the central point is that the whole thrust of the intervention is not just because of the principle thing and that accounts for the. for the contradictions and the holes in the resolution america think the whole thing is a mess so the resolution itself is full of holes like you have this thing. for example stayed very largely out of it and then suddenly when the resolution is passed it makes very specific demands which clearly mean nothing in the resolution that demands for example the government forces pull back from a series of towns that kind of thing so you have a clear intention to. different parties to make of it what they
more activists say the u.n. resolution that sanction the attack on the it was riddled with contradictions jim brann told r.t. that washington's policy now is in disarray. you mean by protecting civilians. presumably it means protecting civilians from both sides because there are clear. suggestions of. of atrocities on both sides it's certainly not a one sided thing. but of course i think the central point is that the whole thrust of the intervention is not just because of the principle thing...